Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

By parallel, managers themselves might similarly benefit from "reverse-engineering" the criticism of not only outsiders but of their own colleagues: considering both parties as their benefactors on the road to greater performance. Most PR firms only offer cosmetic remedies to firefight reputation threats as they arise.

Engineering 14

Engineering PR How To Reputation 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Each requires customized risk management processes.

Risk Management 9

Risk Management CIO Management Banking 9

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Welcome though such services are, given the important role startups play as the engine of economic growth and innovative output, it seems now is the time for governments to get their act together and reform a visa process that is currently denying startups access to the talent they need to grow. ” Supporting startups.

Banking 70

Banking Policies Innovation Engineering 70

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

The relationship combines StrategyDriven’s leading experience in asset lifecycle management and regulatory services with NTE Solutions’ capabilities in all aspects of power development, from engineering to commercialization. Risk management and compliance. Project development and management. About StrategyDriven.

Energy 58

Energy Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Compliance 58

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The worst part is that most attacks are engineered to target employees and not the network itself. This could be anything from mishandling a client’s information, or divulging important information to the wrong person. This is especially the case when it comes to IT. All it takes is for one mistake for your whole system to be compromised.

Training 91

Training Chemicals Construction Follow-up 91

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2020

Social engineering. Social engineering can reveal sensitive information and gain access to your confidential data. Install an anti-virus program from a trusted and a known source and keep engines, software and virus definitions up to date, so the anti-virus program remains effective. This is a tactic used by adversaries.

Tips 71

Tips Software Banking System 71

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Engineering and creating sustainable advantage is the focus of the new paradigm for strategy management, detailing how the intersection of intelligence and innovation come together to deliver and sustain superior financial performance and value creation. For most organizations, cross silo cooperation is an unnatural act.

Strategic Planning 150

Strategic Planning Planning Competitive Advantage Long-term 150

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Identify the Risks : Nothing is without risk, and when you think something is without risk that is when you’re most likely to end-up in trouble. All initiatives should include detailed risk management provisions that contain sound contingency and exit planning. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections.

Leadership 365

Leadership Competitive Advantage Due Diligence Short-term 365

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2021

That way, attacks targeting social engineering and phishing scams will stay out of your business. But if your employees don’t know how to use the systems, you’ll still be vulnerable. That’s why every organization should give their employees basic cybersecurity training. Here are some tactics for training your employees in cybersecurity: 1.

Training 83

Training How To Policies Budgeting 83

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

In 1992, Nathan graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland; earning a bachelor of science degree in physics followed by distinguished service as the Assistant Chief Nuclear Engineer and Quality Assurance Officer onboard USS GROTON SSN 694. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed Senior Reactor Operator.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Execution Operations Asset Management 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2017

At that money, the engines for your business have faltered, and you’re falling fast. What exactly is a disaster scenario in business? A disaster scenario occurs when you are no longer able to sell your products or make a profit with your company. In cases like this, the best option would be to start completing damage control procedures.

Outsourcing 72

Outsourcing Budgeting Advice Quality 72

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. When Google started they had the greatest focus, the simplest vision, and the least cluttered search engine.

Business Model 304

Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 304

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Andrew Douthwaite has over 17 years of technology experience joining VirtualArmour in 2007 as a senior engineer. Now as Chief Technology Officer, Andrew focuses on leading growth in the managed security services business and ensuring VirtualArmour is a thought leader in the security industry. About the Author.

Chief Technology Officer 77

Chief Technology Officer Short-term How To Long-term 77

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Similarly, when Starbucks baristas make your latte the same way across cafés, or when a software engineer delivers the expected features each sprint, you are witnessing tactical performance. Before, tricky problems would be redirected to a risk manager. It could take weeks for the risk manager to review the case.

Organization 13

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

By Focusing on Resilient Risk Management Ebola Battlers Can Learn from Venice's Response to Black Death NPR Every now and then, a story comes along that makes us editors say, "Why didn''t we think of that?" This all comes down to what the article’s authors call resilient risk management. Risk management'

Management 9

Management Risk Management Finance Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2014

A property-and-casualty insurance company, for instance, knew that business customers who invested in risk management were longer tenured and more profitable than others. The company ran a series of workshops involving salespeople, claims adjusters, site-inspection engineers — anyone who might have a point of view on the issue.

Tools 10

Tools Workshop Information Technology Risk Management 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2014

In the case of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the most impressive fact few reporters choose to explore in any depth is that the Boeing 777’s engine was capable of communicating long after the pilots went silent. Evidently these engines, because they were older, had add-on sensors, not the built-in ones, but the point is the same.).

Airlines 8

Airlines Supply Chain Management Engineering 8

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Multiple BP documents, e-mail messages, engineering studies and other company records shed light on the extent of problems long before the explosion, including an internal report from a senior drilling engineer that warned of a loss of "well control" and collapse of the well casing and blowout preventer.

CEO 240

CEO Compliance Organization Report 240

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

For Avaya, its lackluster NPS score reflected a simple truth: Innovation was the key to survival because it is the growth engine. In particular, I’d like to focus on three things Avaya did that other companies can learn from: Treat Innovation as a Risk-Management Exercise.

Agility 8

Agility Innovation Metrics Middle Management 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The following concepts do not constitute Futurism by themselves: sales, technology, re-engineering, marketing, research, training, operations, administration. Futurism: developing thinking and reasoning skills, rather than dwelling just upon techniques and processes. They are pieces of a much larger mosaic and should be seen as such.

Benchmarking 50

Benchmarking Crisis Management Rogers Tactics 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2018

For example, on one film set, Don, the production manager of a shoot in New York City, heard that a principal actor had the flu and his handlers wanted to take him to the doctor. Pete, an engineer, met Terry and Mark in the lab. After some discussion, Terry drilled the holes and mounted the switch plate.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Film Document Budgeting 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Design and re-engineering of products-services. The business you’re in. Study and refine your own core business characteristics. Understand “The Business You’re In” and how it fits into the core business. Development of technical abilities, specialties and expertise.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2012

There is little I see about the practice of risk management today that is particularly helpful. In many companies, the approach seems to be a combination of formalized risk tracking and cultural engineering. Bottom line, risk management predicated on a mix of standardized risk tracking and cultural norms falls short.

Risk Management 10

Risk Management Rogers Learning-by-Doing Document 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

Concurrently, a new digital engineer role will emerge: a highly analytical, digitally savvy data scientist who manages, models, and tweaks the algorithms, alert protocols, and parameters guiding the automated decision-making planning systems. Now is the time to identify exceptional talent by looking outside of the supply chain.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology System Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Network effects are the not-so-secret sauce profitably flavoring Amazon’s recommendation engines and Apple’s App Store. But managing network effects as technology byproducts is a bit like treating cars as extensions of internal combustion engines; technically accurate, yes, but missing the larger purposes and points.

Management 8

Management Supply Chain CIO Core Competence 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The PCs and databases introduced during the reengineering of the 90s have grown up: the rules-based codes written by engineers are giving way to learning algorithms driven by the machines themselves. Managers noted historical trends and revised processes, and engineers developed code that was then baked into computing systems.

Process 8

Process Company Market Segmentation Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

For over half a century, the aerospace and defense industry has been at the forefront of defining advanced analytic techniques, because we needed them to address highly complex engineering challenges. Information & technology Knowledge management Risk management'

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Analysis Information Knowledge Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2013

The first answer to this question is usually either an engineering or an economic one. Engineers point to the problems inherent in Internet protocols that were designed, from the beginning, to be more about interoperability and connectivity than security per se. Government Information & technology Risk management'

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Engineering Information Technology System 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

Whether you’ve heard of them or not, two gurus from the early 20 th century still dominate management thinking and practice — to our detriment. It has been more than 100 years since Frederick Taylor, an American engineer working in the steel business, published his seminal work on the principles of scientific management.

Taylorism 12

Taylorism Taylor Mayo Cooper 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

That may includes GE jet engines, wind turbines, and MRI machines; Apple’s MacBooks; Amazon’s ecommerce systems; JPMorgan Chase’s accounts; Nest thermostats, and even your DVR. Internet IT management Risk management' Heartbleed gave hackers access to personal data, like passwords. There is too much at stake not to do it.

Software 8

Software Cooper System Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

. “The machine learning model is not a static piece of code  —  you’re constantly feeding it data,” says one Google engineer. It’s a different kind of engineering.” Machine learning algorithms stress-test and risk-manage other machine learning algorithms.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2014

Economy Finance Risk management' Cooper does his best to prep the reader by showing how intuitive and simple the insights of Copernicus, Darwin, and William Harvey (Charles I’s physician, who figured out how blood circulates through the body) were, but I still found his suggestions to be almost laughably crude. Maybe that’s just me.

Cooper 9

Cooper Finance Open-book Risk Management 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

That’s why cybersecurity efforts have to focus on risk management , not risk mitigation. We’ve uncovered insights about why people put errors into code, fail to install software updates, and poorly manage access permissions. But this pessimistic outlook makes for a very tough sell.

Execution 8

Execution ROI Metrics CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Still, for the decade it took to build this engineering marvel there was electrical power, rail transportation, and ample ventilation flowing through the full length of the tunnel. With one part time pressure and one part overconfidence, it had clouded their ability to assess risk in any meaningful way.

Project 8

Project Transportation Learning Curve Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

The industry with the greatest skills gap was IT & telecommunications, whose boards are in serious need of international-global expertise and HR-talent management. The region with the greatest board-level skills gap is Asia, where risk management and M&A adeptness are sorely needed.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The Society of Automotive Engineers has defined six levels of autonomy from level 0 – 5. Because of the emphasis on commodity-based engineering, workflow in a typical OEM has a very long lead time and cycle. Navigating the Path to Pervasive Autonomy.

Engineering 10

Engineering Automotive Supply Chain Software 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The design engineers kept taking incremental risks that they thought were acceptable and normalized them — until the disaster. Ethics Finance Risk management' Leverage ratios might be the O-rings of the financial crisis.

Incentives 8

Incentives Banking Ethics IPO 8